Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

After 25 years in operation, the US’s waste repository in New Mexico is preparing for the future. The Waste Isolation Pilot ...

The Chicxulub asteroid, for example, pushed the Earth into the Cenozoic Era, and 65 million years later, experts are pondering if we’ve entered a new geologic age induced by modern humans (and ...

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The world’s first high-definition geologic atlas of the whole Moon on a scale of 1:2.5 million was officially unveiled on April 21. The atlas, both in Chinese and English, includes the ...

Attempt a question on a geological time scale in today's answer writing practice. (Wikimedia Commons) UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative for the practice of Mains answer writing. It covers ...

A geological map of the moon included in the new atlas. [Photo provided by Chinese Academy of Sciences via Xinhua] The world's first complete high-definition geological atlas of the moon, released ...

Have humans triggered a new geologic era? Geologists disagree if the Anthropocene exists or not Human influence on the environment is undeniable, but is it enough to merit its own epoch?

After 15 years of work, the International Union of Geological Sciences has voted against listing the Anthropocene as a geological period – but not everyone agrees with the decision.

A top panel of geologists has decided not to grant the 'human age' its own distinct place in Earth's geological timeline after disagreeing over when exactly our era might have begun.